I am so excited about this 7+ pound 12 inch multiclad Fry Pan with a dome lid (which means I can not only make bread in it but additionally heft a nice weight around while making bread!).

It's not even healthy to be this excited about some inanimate object but I can't help it. It gets home this Saturday!

Jul 19, 2011 10:36 AM
Departed FedEx location
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA

Jul 18, 2011 8:06 PM
Arrived at FedEx location
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA

Jul 18, 2011 4:47 PM
Picked up CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA

Jul 18, 2011 11:07 AM
Shipment information sent to FedEx

PS: It's made from steel by JSW, one of the largest steel producers from India at a plant in Texas Whoever said all jobs are moving from US -> Asia needs to take a look at JSW that did just the opposite.

Day 2: 20x
Reason for stopping: Severe arm exhaustion
Status: I followed the Mayo technique that (e:heidi) linked yesterday for modified push ups. However, my back keeps sagging to the ground and I am not sure I felt my pectoral muscles and abdominal muscles stretch or even work. The only thing that is probably dying is my upper arm muscles, particularly the biceps. And they said it exercises your triceps. I am definitely doing this wrong... I will try again tomorrow to see if I can achieve proper form.

I was looking up the sheer number of "distraction-free writing" applications and software that exist today when I came across this

What a hoot!

I never realized that there were as many or even more App review sites and listing sites as there are apps themselves... It's amazing how fast they have sprung up everywhere. There are so many of them that you can make a list of the listings of web apps. For eg.

That is way to calm it reminds me of Like master piece Theater that I don't watch.... Would be good with right electric guitar though! Ok also reminds me a bit of Bugs Bunny as well... Very Soothing....

Day 1: 17x
Reason for stopping: Arm exhaustion
Status: My arms hurt like crazy. I can't even type this properly. I am wondering if this is a wise idea. OUCH. I am not entirely sure I have the right form. I need to check with my department-mate about this tomorrow.

(E:strip) has sort of changed for me in the past couple months as more of a personal referencing and note-taking environment. (e:Paul) told me that wildcard searching and grepping could be a likely feature in the near future, so I am pretty excited about how else I can push (e:strip)'s limits.

I started some experimentation with establishing habits through journalling a couple years back but that wasn't so very successful. My "goals" category is littered with decapitated angels of change. I think I murdered them all because I lacked the correct motivation. I think I have it now. The thing is I tried the urdhva dhanurasana just now and could not repeat the success at yoga class from last week. So frustrating! And I pretty much know why. I really really really would like some functional muscles on my arms. They are weak and a complete disgrace to the 13,550,471,400+ human arms on the planet. They have no muscle definition and look like they were grafted on me from an early 1700s graveyard-spare-bones-and-cadavers-department.

So push ups it is. At 10:13 PM everyday, as many push-ups as I can do in 5-10 minutes. (I can't do a "real" push-up yet so I am going to start with push-ups-on-my-knees.)

Of course, now how does (e:strip) come into it? I am not sure yet... maybe a post checking in on success or failure immediately after I finish the task? They say that if you keep it up for 21 days, a habit is established (personally, I think that is such tripe... but I could be wrong. I kind of want to be wrong on this one.) Who wants to be in my accountability peanut gallery and throw rocks? Or better still, does someone else have a 10:13 or even 10:31 goal they want to implement? Brush your teeth every night, perhaps?

A single push-up for me, a giant floss for you? It's project Armstrong!

One of the reasons I think you can get there is I've seen this group called the Peking Acrobats and maybe some other group on TV somewhere. The body control they have is amazing things where like they walk on there hands and get them to go past there feet and then raise up the feet and balance (of course starting at age infant helps the body learn all of that).... Yes everyone has certain abilities and strengths and weaknesses ...... But those can be improved and worked on .... Now where the limit is whom knows really

tinypliny writes at 10:20:25 07/18/11 - Comment #63685

Thanks, (e:metalpeter). You are probably the one who thinks I will get *there*. Wish I had your confidence. ;-)

metalpeter writes at 05:24:03 07/18/11 - Comment #63662

I wish you luck with this..... What ever the task is learning to crawl, walk, ride a bike, walk a balance beam once you don't once means you can do it but mastery and making it so you can do it all the time is something else.... You will get there.....

tinypliny writes at 03:14:57 07/17/11 - Comment #63622

YOU ARE BACK. At the risk of sounds ever so stalkerish... OMG, YOU ARE BACK. I have missed you.

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